Ivan Djeparoski is a philosopher, cultural theorist, poet and translator.
Education
He graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy in Skopje where he received his Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy He is an author of fourteen books in the field of aesthetics and cultural theory, five poetry books and also of two poetry anthologies, for which he was awarded the "Mlad Borec Prize" (1984), "Dimitar Mitrev Prize" (1993) and “Paradigm Prize” (2009).
Career
He works at the Faculty of Philosophy in Skopje as a professor of "Aesthetics", "History of Aesthetics" and "Cultural Theories". He is/was Head of the Institute of Philosophy (2004-2009. since 2013), Head of postgraduate studies of the Institute of philosophy (2010-2013) and secretary of Macedonian PEN Centre.
(1999-2001. 2009-2014). He also translates (William Blake, Joseph Brodsky, James Joyce, David Hume, Edmund Burke).
He was granted the "Grigor Prlicev Award" (1993) for a poetic rendition.
His poetry and some of his essays are translated into several languages.